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Section 21<br />

Practice Test Six<br />

505<br />

SECTION 2<br />

Time-25 Minutes<br />

24 Questions<br />

Directions: For each of <strong>the</strong> following questions, choose <strong>the</strong> best answer and darken <strong>the</strong> corresponding oval on<br />

<strong>the</strong> answer sheet.<br />

Each sentence below has one or two blanks, each<br />

blank indicating that something has been omitted.<br />

Beneath <strong>the</strong> sentence are five words or sets of words<br />

labeled (A) through (E). Choose <strong>the</strong> word or set of<br />

words that, when inserted in <strong>the</strong> sentence, best fits<br />

<strong>the</strong> meaning of <strong>the</strong> sentence as a whole.<br />

EXAMPLE:<br />

Today's small, portable computers contrast<br />

markedly with <strong>the</strong> earliest electronic computers,<br />

which were ------- .<br />

(A) effective<br />

(B) invented<br />

(C) useful<br />

(D) destructive<br />

(E) enormous<br />

©©©© •<br />

1. Many fishermen work tirelessly through <strong>the</strong> spring<br />

and summer months, -------<strong>the</strong>mselves to ------- <strong>the</strong><br />

warmer temperatures and lack of inclement wea<strong>the</strong>r.<br />

(A) subjecting . . subsist on<br />

(B) encouraging . . compete <strong>for</strong><br />

(C) tempting . . abstain from<br />

(D) <strong>for</strong>cing . . <strong>for</strong>age <strong>for</strong><br />

(E) enabling . . benefit from<br />

2. During <strong>the</strong> night, thunderstorms were -------,<br />

beginning and ending at almost regular intervals.<br />

(A) unmediated<br />

(B) spontaneous<br />

( C) periodic<br />

(D) incidental<br />

(E) endemic<br />

3. Even though hostile protests and ------- marred<br />

<strong>the</strong> 1959 enrollment of Andrew Heidelberg at <strong>the</strong><br />

all-white Norview High School, <strong>the</strong> aftermath of<br />

<strong>the</strong> decision to allow him to become Norview's<br />

first African American football player during his<br />

senior year was comparatively -------.<br />

4.<br />

(A) discord . . tranquil<br />

(B) pomp . . daunting<br />

( C) banality . . conventional<br />

(D) turmoil . . controversial<br />

(E) serenity . . opportune<br />

Although <strong>the</strong> students expected <strong>the</strong> well-known<br />

professor to be -------, <strong>the</strong>y discovered she was<br />

actually quite down-to-earth and approachable.<br />

(A) serendipitous<br />

(B) unprofessional<br />

(C) relaxed<br />

(D) haughty<br />

(E) pernicious<br />

5. Political figures who appear to be staunch<br />

supporters of <strong>the</strong> interests of <strong>the</strong> general public<br />

may not always be <strong>the</strong> ------- <strong>the</strong>y purport to be,<br />

but ra<strong>the</strong>r ------- who favor selected groups that<br />

provide significant campaign benefactions.<br />

(A) demagogues . . mavericks<br />

(B) conservatives . . anarchists<br />

(C) populists . . elitists<br />

(D) moderates . . reactionaries<br />

(E) partisans . . snobs<br />

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